Trócaire chief targets extra €13m
Éamonn Meehan, executive director of Trócaire, discusses his vocation as a humanitarian and why the iconic Lenten donation box still has such resonance in Irish society
CVÉamonn Meehan
Role: executive director of Trócaire
Age:62
Family: married to Mary with three step-sons and two step-grandchildren
Favourite book: East West Street by Philippe Sands
Favourite movie: The Martian, directed by Ridley Scott
Whatever affinities the Irish might have to the Trócaire Box, the truth is this box of primary-school nostalgia is not exclusively an Irish phenomenon.
First introduced to Ireland through Trócaire’s Lenten campaign in 1974, there are a number of ...
